wyszukanych pozycji: 9
The Valleys of the Assassins: A John Murray Journey
ISBN: 9781529379778 / Miękka / 2021 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The travel classic by intrepid explorer Freya Stark, relating her journeys through the infamous 'Valleys of the Assassins' alone in the 1930s. A John Murray Journey.
The travel classic by intrepid explorer Freya Stark, relating her journeys through the infamous 'Valleys of the Assassins' alone in the 1930s. A John ...
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Letters From Syria
ISBN: 9781443724579 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) LETTERS FROM SYRIA JOHN MURRAY. CONTENTS PACE: i. FROM VENICE TO BEIRUT. LETTERS 112 j In the first of these letters Freya Stark has left her home at Asolo and has set out from Venice on a small cargo vessel for her first journey east of Italy and her first contact with the Near East. The s. s. Abbazia takes her as far as Rhodes, where she spends a few days before proceeding on s. s Diana to Beirut, The whole passage occupies three weeks. In the course of it she describes her first impressions of many famous places. 2. LEARNING ARABIC AT BRUMANA. LETTERS 13 63 23 The writer of these letters...
LETTERS FROM SYRIA JOHN MURRAY. CONTENTS PACE: i. FROM VENICE TO BEIRUT. LETTERS 112 j In the first of these letters Freya Stark has left her home at ...
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229,89 zł |
A Winter in Arabia: A Journey Through Yemen
ISBN: 9780755633821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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110,46 zł |
Letters from Syria
ISBN: 9781406729481 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Letters from Syria is the incredible wartime story of the British explorer Freya Stark, having travelled extensively throughout the middle east in the inter war years, travelling further and more widely then any western explorer had done previously. joining the British Ministry of Information at the out break of World War II, she helped spread propaganda to the Arab nations aimed at persuading the Arabs to support the Allies. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these...
Letters from Syria is the incredible wartime story of the British explorer Freya Stark, having travelled extensively throughout the middle east in the...
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107,58 zł |
Perseus in the Wind: A Life of Travel
ISBN: 9781838601812 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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The Minaret of Djam: An Excursion in Afghanistan
ISBN: 9781848853133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Freya Stark traveled the difficult and often dangerous journey from Kabul to Kandahar and Herat in search of one of Afghanistan's most celebrated treasures, the Minaret of Djam. This magnificent symbol of the powerful Ghorid Empire that once stretched from Iran to India lies in the heart of central Afghanistan's wild Ghor Province. Surrounded by over 6,000 foot high mountains and by the remains of what many believe to have been the lost city of Turquoise Mountain--one of the greatest cities of the Middle Ages--Djam is, even today, one of the most inaccessible and remote places in Afghanistan....
Freya Stark traveled the difficult and often dangerous journey from Kabul to Kandahar and Herat in search of one of Afghanistan's most celebrated trea...
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93,84 zł |
The Valleys of the Assassins: and Other Persian Travels
ISBN: 9780375757532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 1 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Hailed as a classic upon its first publication in 1934, The Valleys of the Assassins firmly established Freya Stark as one of her generation's most intrepid explorers. The book chronicles her travels into Luristan, the mountainous terrain nestled between Iraq and present-day Iran, often with only a single guide and on a shoestring budget. Stark writes engagingly of the nomadic peoples who inhabit the region's valleys and brings to life the stories of the ancient kingdoms of the Middle East, including that of the Lords of Alamut, a band of hashish-eating terrorists whose stronghold...
Hailed as a classic upon its first publication in 1934, The Valleys of the Assassins firmly established Freya Stark as one of her generation's ...
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The Lycian Shore: A Turkish Odyssey
ISBN: 9781848853126 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Lycia, on the southwestern coast of Turkey, is an ancient land steeped in mystery, myth, and legend. Figured prominently throughout history and literature, Lycia is known as home to the fiery chimera; heartland of worship for the goddess Leto; old ally of Troy; lure to conquering Cyrus and Alexander; and irresistible destination for centuries of travelers, artists, and writers. Part of *The Turquoise Coast*, Lycia now attracts more tourists to its glimmering shores than any other part of Turkey. In the early 1950s, following the trail of the ancient Persian and Greek traders, famed travel...
Lycia, on the southwestern coast of Turkey, is an ancient land steeped in mystery, myth, and legend. Figured prominently throughout history and litera...
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The Southern Gates of Arabia: A Journey in the Hadhramaut
ISBN: 9780375757549 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In 1934, famed British traveler Freya Stark sailed down the Red Sea, alighting in Aden, located at the tip of the Arabian peninsula. From this backwater outpost, Stark set forth on what was to be her most unforgettable adventure: Following the ancient frankincense routes of the Hadhramaut Valley, the most fertile in Arabia, she sought to be the first Westerner to locate and document the lost city of Shabwa. Chronicling her journey through the towns and encampments of the Hadhramaut, The Southern Gates of Arabia is a tale alive with sheikhs and sultans, tragedy and triumph. Although the...
In 1934, famed British traveler Freya Stark sailed down the Red Sea, alighting in Aden, located at the tip of the Arabian peninsula. From this backwat...
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82,99 zł |